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1 Timothy 2:7-9
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1 Timothy 2:7-9
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7 For this reason I was appointed to be an announcer, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the gentiles. (I am telling you the truth.[a] I am not lying.)
Instructions to Men and Women
8 Therefore, I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without being angry or argumentative. 9 Women, for their part, should display their beauty by dressing modestly and decently in appropriate clothes, not with elaborate hairstyles or by wearing gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,
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- 1 Timothy 2:7 Other mss. read the truth in the Messiah
1 Timothy 2:7-9
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1 Timothy 2:7-9
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7 And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle—I am telling the truth, I am not lying(A)—and a true and faithful teacher(B) of the Gentiles.(C)
8 Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands(D) without anger or disputing. 9 I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,(E)
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